The Riders, the novel that brought Tim Winton his first Booker
Prize shortlisting, charts an odyssey across Europe, a transfixing
journey through the underworld of every
lover's nightmare.
Fred Scully waits at the arrival gate of an international airport, anxious to see his wife and daughter. After two years in Europe they are finally settling down. He sees a new life before them, a stable outlook again, a fresh start, a cottage in the Irish countryside that he's renovated by hand.
He's waited, sweated on this reunion. The flight lands. The doors at the airport hiss open. And Scully's life falls to pieces.
Written with the pace of a thriller and the human understanding of a master novelist, The Riders was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
'At its breaking heart is a fearless exploration of how well we can ever really know each other . . . Winton is not a great Australian novelist; he is a great novelist full stop.' The Times
'Winton has forced a different kind of thinking about men and their imperatives, about the value and meaning of action . . . The Riders is a grand, poised, metaphorical reconciliation.' Sydney Morning Herald
'There is more feeling in this book than can ever be paraphrased.' Village Voice
'The Riders is about the painful process of learning to live without illusions, without false anticipation . . . Furious and vital . . . a celebration - of the messiness of life and of the force of good fiction.' The Guardian
'Vivid and rewarding . . . Encompasses and transcends all the known world.' Thomas Keneally
'If you're looking for a book that bolts you to your seat, this is it.' Sunday Age
By:
Tim Winton Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 199mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 376g ISBN:9780143568803 ISBN 10: 0143568809 Publication Date:03 January 2013 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for The Riders
'Vivid and rewarding... Encompasses and transcends all the known world.' - Thomas Keneally
